Feature Paper Collection (5) of Topic Editors

Dear Colleagues,

This Feature Paper Collection for Topic Editors is from the Coatings Journal (ISSN 2079-6412) and is dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, letters, reviews, and communications on all aspects of materials science and engineering of coatings, thin and thick films, surfaces, and interfaces.

This Feature Paper Collection welcomes scientific articles that improve the current knowledge on functional coatings, thin and thick films, surfaces and interfaces. Manuscripts for this important Feature Paper Collection of Coatings will be accepted by the editorial office, the Topic Editor, and Editorial Board Members by invitation only.

The collection covers coatings, surfaces, and interfaces in the broader sense. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

• Thin and thick films
• Fundamental and functional properties of surface and interfaces
• Applied surface science
• Coatings for high temperature
• Fundamental and functional properties of surface and interfaces
• Mechanical coating/alloying/treatment of the metals
• Heat/Thermo/chemical treatment of the metals
• Nonconventional treatment applied to metals, such as thermo/mechanical coating, including removing of the heavy metals from industrial waste, electrochemical machining, abrasive flow machining, shot blasting, shot peening, turbo-abrasive machining, centrifugal barreling finish, centrifugal isotropic finishing, etc.
• Biomaterials coatings applied, but not limited, to Ti-based alloys, CoCr alloys, and stainless steels

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.